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This article was written in partnership with Carl Zeiss Meditec, a proud supporter of NewGradOptometry and new graduate optometrists. 😎 Currently an estimated 30.3 million people in the United States are diagnosed with diabetes and 84.1 million more with prediabetes.1 Due to the increasing age and rate of obesity of …

A great way ODs can set themselves up for specialty care is by completing an optometry residency. Learn about some of the different specialty practice options with Drs. Patricia Fulmer, OD, Calista Ming, OD, and Sloan Rajadhyksha, OD! Why should you specialize? One of the most valuable and rewarding aspects …

The industry’s understanding of myopia, including its causes and factors that contribute to its progression, is still very limited. As with any new research or technology, learning to adapt these updates into a practice can be a slow process. However, while research continues to evolve and new information becomes …

What is fundus photography? Of all the diagnostic imaging modalities out our disposal, fundus photography may seem to be the most basic. Fundus photography aims to replicate what we already see with our funduscopic exam, but it can provide more than just photographic documentation. Fundus photography can improve detection, patient …

For those interested in pursuing optometric residency, you will inevitably refine your clinical skills and hone the techniques you learned as a fourth-year student. Regardless of what residency program you pursue, each will provide similar treatment, management, and follow up strategies to use with your patients. However, every OD is …

It is estimated that 45 million people in the United States wear contact lenses.1 For many individuals, contact lenses have become the primary choice for vision correction, and for good reasons! Contact lenses offer to correct for a wide range of nearsighted, farsighted and astigmatic prescriptions and have become readily …

What are the international myopia institute white papers? With the explosion of interest and subsequent research in the field of myopia growing over the last 10 to 15 years, the need for organizing the information we have about myopia has become obvious. Following a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on …

Pick a disease, any disease. If you told a patient that a healthy diet and regular exercise habits diminished their risk of acquiring that disease (or decreased the likelihood of that disease worsening if you already had it) they would likely believe it. Being “healthy” always sounds like a good …

As general practitioners, all primary care optometrists will encounter glaucoma at some point while practicing the medical model of eye care. At this time, there is no definitive cure for glaucoma; however, when caught early in the disease process, most practitioners are able to preserve their patients’ vision and quality …

We sat down with Dr. Scot Morris, OD, FAAO and Patricia Fulmer, OD, FAAO at Vision Expo West 2018 to discuss what it means to be involved in medical eyecare and what you can do to feel comfortable getting started treating ocular disease. There is often a distinction made between …